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Jan
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Militants kidnap 50 women in Burkina Faso

Militants kidnap 50 women in Burkina Faso

NEWS
THIAM NDIAGA ISLAMIST militants kidnapped around 50 women searching for food in Burkina Faso's northern province of Soum, a hotbed of jihadist activity, on January 12 and 13, the government said. The mass kidnapping is a first in the insurgency that spread to Burkina Faso from neighbouring Mali in 2015 despite costly international military efforts to contain it. While Westerners and locals are occasionally captured, women had not previously been abducted in such numbers. Mass kidnappings have been carried out in Nigeria by the separate Boko Haram insurgency there. Armed men seized the women as they were picking wild fruit…
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Jan
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Meet the phone that ‘speaks’ 50 African languages

Meet the phone that ‘speaks’ 50 African languages

NEWS
ANGE KUMASI, BIRD STORY AGENCY WHEN David Kouamé decided to improve his literacy in his mother tongue, he went to the city centre in Abidjan not to register for tutoring services, but to buy a mobile phone. Kouamé had heard about a new, locally developed and assembled smartphone with a voice control system that can understand 50 African languages. "It is important to speak our African languages and teach them to our children. When I heard about this phone, I knew I had to get it. I'm very happy to have this superphone as I can speak my mother tongue…
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Jan
16
2023
By The African Mirror
SA wants probe into disturbing Moz video

SA wants probe into disturbing Moz video

NEWS
SOUTH Africa wants an investigation into a "disturbing" video allegedly showing one of its soldiers present while bodies were being burned on a pile of rubble in Mozambique, President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesman said. South African soldiers are part of a Southern African regional force helping Mozambique fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives since 2017. The video went viral on social media this week, prompting a statement from the South African National Defence Force that the incident was believed to have happened in November 2022 and anyone found guilty of the acts seen in the clip…
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Jan
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Tanzania opposition leader says he will end exile after rally ban was lifted

Tanzania opposition leader says he will end exile after rally ban was lifted

NEWS
TANZANIAN opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said he will return home this month from exile in Europe after the government lifted a ban on political rallies. President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the six-and-a-half-year ban on political rallies last week, part of her reconciliation strategy after taking over the presidency in March 2021 following the death of her predecessor, John Magufuli. "With the lifting of the illegal ban on political activity, it's now time to return home and get back to work," Lissu wrote late on Friday on Twitter, saying he would arrive on January 25. The ban, imposed by…
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Jan
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamists kill at least 5 people in east Congo church bomb attack

Suspected Islamists kill at least 5 people in east Congo church bomb attack

NEWS
AT least five people were killed and 15 wounded in a suspected Islamist militant bomb attack during a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the eastern Congolese city of Kasindi, on the border with Uganda, the military said. An army spokesman said the attack during a Sunday service was likely carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan militant group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. "Despite the security measures put in place, the first indications show that it is the ADF which is behind this bomb attack," Anthony Mualushay told Reuters by phone. The…
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Jan
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Zim police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

Zim police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

NEWS
ZIMBABWEAN police fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said. The arrests come after a wave of politically motivated violence against opposition supporters in rural Zimbabwe, raising fears of repression ahead of the presidential election this year. The date has not yet been announced. Police confirmed the arrests of members of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Zimbabwe's main opposition political party, and said a detailed statement would be released following investigations. "It was an unsanctioned gathering according to the local authorities…
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Jan
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Catholic priest burned to death in Nigeria

Catholic priest burned to death in Nigeria

NEWS
GUNMEN burned a Catholic priest to death and shot and injured his colleague in northwest Nigeria, police said, the latest violence raising concerns about security ahead of an election next month. Nigerians will vote for a new president on February 25 but kidnappings for ransom and killings by armed gangs in the north have led to fears that polls may not be held in some areas. The motive for the latest attack was not immediately clear but gunmen have previously targeted priests in the largely Muslim north. Wasiu Abiodun, police spokesperson for Niger state, said in a statement that armed…
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Jan
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Crisis-hit Ghana increases public servant salaries by 30%

Crisis-hit Ghana increases public servant salaries by 30%

NEWS
GHANA'S government and trade unions agreed to increase all public servants' salaries by 30% for 2023, they said in a joint statement, as the country struggles to reduce debt and tackle rampant inflation. The West African gold, oil and cocoa producer is battling its worst economic crisis in a generation. The local cedi dropped heavily against the dollar last year as government spending cuts and central bank interest rate hikes failed to tame inflation, which rose to a new high of 54% last month. Trade unions representing public service employees started negotiating salary rises with the government in November, a few months…
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Jan
14
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s ANC alludes to greater central bank jobs focus

South Africa’s ANC alludes to greater central bank jobs focus

NEWS
KOPANO GUMBI SOUTH Africa's African National Congress (ANC) alluded to a greater focus on job creation by the country's central bank in resolutions from its recent national conference but stopped short of calling for its mandate to be changed. ANC officials have for years toyed with the idea of broadening the central bank's mandate as the governing party has struggled to lower the unemployment rate, which officially stands at 33% and is among the world's highest. The resolutions on economic transformation seen by Reuters on Friday said the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) should implement the monetary policy "in a balanced…
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Jan
14
2023
By The African Mirror
CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya

CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya

NEWS
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said. Dbeibah's Government of National Unity announced the visit on its Facebook page, posting a picture of Burns and Dbeibah together. Two sources close to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, who is based in Benghazi, said Burns had also met with him. The CIA, which does not regularly announce such visits, declined to comment. Libya has had little peace since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, and the country split in 2014 between warring eastern and western…
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